Jokic scores career-high 40, Nuggets beat Knicks 131-123

Nikola Jokic scored a career-high 40 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 131-123 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. On the day Charles Oakley was banned from Madison Square Garden, the current Knicks proved again they can’t play defence anywhere near the way his Knicks teams did, and lost their fourth straight.

NBA Late-Night Handicapping: Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors

Denver has been heating up as winners of six of its past 10 SU, but it travels to the toughest venue in Oracle Arena to face the Golden State Warriors as 15-point underdogs at 9:30 on NBA League Pass Monday night. The Warriors are 14-2 SU at home this season and have won nine of its past 10 games including its two most recent over the Dallas Mavericks and Toronto Raptors.